Playing word games Nov 6, 2009
31] that just because the name of the Nazi party was the National Socialist Party, there is not a straight line equivalency from that form of fascism to the many forms of socialism that are practiced in politics around the world. And, I would add that to attempt to make a straight line comparison to the Democratic Party in the United States is not only wrong, it is childish and silly, especially with the provocative nonsense about the Democratic Socialist Workers Party. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Beware the true believers of any stripe Nov 6, 2009
Secular religions such as communism and fascism are no better. So, beware the so-called true believers of any stripe. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
It's personal to me Nov 6, 2009
Bill Arthur wrote on Nov 5, 2009 6:11 PM:" I agree on MJ. Though I would never use it, it would be nice as a cash crop for our farmers. The sexual preference of people is of no concern to me. However, when we start allowing any marriage other than for procreation, then what is there to stop polygamy, marriage between brothers and sisters, or whatever else could be dreamed up. When you abolish parties, you begin down the road to fascism. Every dictator has begun by eliminating dissent--such as... (Cameron Observer, MO)
Tales of Trotsky Nov 5, 2009
In other words, Trotsky caused Fascism. If you look into the earlier revolutions of 1848, again the real story is the stupidity of the Left, the way in which it provoked opponents into alliance. (The American Conservative)
How Israel destroyed Syria's Al Kibar nuclear reactor Nov 4, 2009
Fascism and Nazism are not cool, you low life murder loving misanthrope. The Mogen David don't make it right. (Salon)
Rush Limbaugh's Race Obsession Nov 4, 2009
To just give it to the crooks, with no strings attached is FASCISM - an extreme right-wing ideology. You have no idea what you're talking about. (CBS News -- Opinion)
3 Economic Reports Fuel Recovery Hopes Nov 3, 2009
I would have chosen, instead of fascism, our historic moderated capitalism, and brought it back into balance and the light of day. But instead we're trying fascism, with government supporting the businesses they like, and destroying those they don't. (CBS News)
Jewish extremist Jack Teitel held in attacks Nov 3, 2009
Teitel is also accused of carrying out a pipe bomb attack in September 2008 that wounded a prominent Israeli professor and peace activist, Zeev Sternhell, an expert on the history of fascism who had spoken out against West Bank settlements. Police accused Teitel of killing a Palestinian taxi driver and a Palestinian farmer in 1997, and of stabbing and wounding an Arab in Jerusalem whom he suspected of making sexual advances. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The GOP is just a pup tent now Nov 3, 2009
The actions of the right wing in upstate NY smack of fascism. Joey. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Israel nabs serial attacker of Arabs, leftist Jews Nov 2, 2009
Teitel is also accused of carrying out a pipe bomb attack in September 2008 that wounded a prominent Israeli professor and peace activist, Zeev Sternhell, an expert on the history of fascism who had spoken out against West Bank settlements. Responding to news of the arrest, Sternhell said, "I hope the system deals with this terrorist as it deals with all other terrorists, Jewish and Arab alike.". (MSNBC -- International)
In NYs 23rd, conservatives bag a GOP heretic in Scozzafava Nov 1, 2009
You jumped me for talking about Joseph Goebbels to another poster, and in that post, you seemed to infer that any knowledge of the history of fascism in Germany was a bad thing. I simply pointed out that it wasn t.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Distortion by liberals Oct 31, 2009
Fascism is the totalitarian organization of government and society by a single-party dictatorship, intensely nationalist, racist, militarist and imperialist ... Walker says, Fascism and socialism are mutually exclusive ... Fascism is a totalitarian philosophy of government that advocates and practices state control over every aspect of national life, including private enterprise while repressing all opposition. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Are the Tea Partiers good or bad for the GOP? Oct 30, 2009
" Sept. 5: Jones resigns. Obama the totalitarian Beck's notion that the president is some kind of czarist fits in neatly with a larger effort to brand the decisively elected president as a dictator. Every Democrat gets called a socialist, but Beck has given the charge an especially dark twist, with repeated references to 1984, communism and fascism. His frequent, Goldberg-influenced on the Progressive Era give a surreal veneer of historical basis to the incoherent hysteria. Beck got going on... (Salon)
Pelosi's biggest one yet! 1,990 pages... Oct 30, 2009
Pelosi vs. the "Nazi Pelosi" bullhorn people - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com. Pelosi vs. the "Nazi Pelosi" bullhorn people. (The Drudge Report)
Obama is leading us into Marxism Oct 28, 2009
hiluix wrote on Oct 27, 2009 12:51 PM:As much as I dislike Obama the republicans did just as much to steer us into marxism/fascism as the democrats did , and if this nationalized health care debacle gets enacted the republicans wont do a dam thing to recind it if they get in power ... A better description for the Obama Administration is that it employs a combination of Marxism, communism, socialism, fascism, liberalism, pragmatism, sophism, hedonism, nihilism, and other destructive outlooks, to... (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
LETTER: Stop waging war and provide health care Oct 27, 2009
"-----------------------Obama can be both a socialist and a Communist.Communism is socialism to the extreme left. Fascism is extreme socialism to the right. Both pander to 'dissaffected' groups (social units). Communists pander to the 'poor' and the 'worker class'.Fascists pander to the 'disaffected' in the corporate class.All social units, whether as small as a family of four, or disparate tribal units like with the ancient Greeks (Athenians, Trojans, Macedonians, etc.), or large homogeneous... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
The EUSSR is the ultimate embodiment of fascism, with its destruction of democracy ( French, Ducth, Irish referenda) and snouts-trough incentives for its brainwashed adherents ... Yeah sure, apart from the one about Straw's old man being a cowardly conchi who preferred to spend the war sewing mailbags than fighting fascism ... The very people who apparently abhor fascism but have metamorphosed into the very beast they hate so much. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 26, 2009
That in its essence is fascism ownership of government by an individual, by a group or any controlling private power. . (Florida Today)
GARY WALKER: The big lie about President Obama Oct 24, 2009
Fascism is the totalitarian organization of government and society by a single-party dictatorship, intensely nationalist, racist, militarist and imperialist ... Unlike communism, which takes root in poor, undeveloped nations such as Russia and China, fascism typically grows in technologically advanced countries like Italy, Germany and Japan ... Presumably, President Obama has been called a "Nazi," the German brand of fascism, because the name is derived from "national socialism," and many people... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
From John Birchers to Birthers, Thomas Frank, The Wall Street Journal Oct 23, 2009
Or consider the widespread conservative conviction that we are being marched secretly into communism or fascism. Why would someone bother. (Harper's Magazine)
Papers' verdict on Question Time Oct 23, 2009
He has coated himself with a fake veneer of respectability, becoming the purveyor of a sharp-suited, soft-focus form of fascism. The Daily Mirror says Mr Griffin "slunk away" from the BBC after a "pitiful display" which exposed him as a political lightweight. (BBC News -- UK)
Glenn Greenwald Oct 22, 2009
Ironically (given the "socialism" and "fascism" rhetoric spewed at it by the Fox News faction), the Obama administration's decision is a major advancement for the rights of states to have their laws respected by the federal government. This action also reflects the clear sea change taking place, both domestically and especially internationally, regarding drug policy. (Salon)
Former Tyco chiefs jailed for $150m corporate theft Oct 22, 2009
19 Oct 2007: In his first major speech since leaving office, the former British prime minister says the threat of militant Islam echoes that of fascism in early 20th century. . (Yahoo News -- Tyco)
DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't Oct 22, 2009
(Wagner's music will always be identified with fascism; it can't be reduced to fascism. I am certainly not speaking out in defense of Roman Polanski, who apparently did something that was both heinous and illegal, and should long ago have faced the consequences. (Salon)
Republicans and premature celebration Oct 21, 2009
mapping Democrat to fascism will hurt them for years to come. Posted by: nosam32 | October 20, 2009 1:31 PM. (Harper's Magazine)
Will Buckley and Pancho Villa Oct 20, 2009
Some societies contain within them destructive ideologies fascism in Germany, communism in Russia, Islamic terrorism all over the Middle East, or, as in Mexico, a history of autocratic rule and a temperamental affinity for anarchy and banditry. That not every nation easily takes to democracy is a historical fact the denial of which is ignorant, panglossian, or stupid. (The American Conservative)
LETTER: Nobel Peace Prize is for the 'preceding' year Oct 17, 2009
In that lovely speech he gave in Germany he stated that "The burdens of Global Citizenship will bind us together. Americans and Europeans will be REQUIRED to do more, not less. Leadership and cooperation between nations is not a choice. It is the only way." The key words are 'leadership' (as he fancies himself a potential world leader of combining countries) and 'requires', which is a primary component of fascism ... I don't care who you are but if you are a real American then you are against... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Racist undertones of the 'socialist' epithet Oct 17, 2009
The Obama administration embraces socialism and fascism at once. Mao and Hitler as ideological comrades. (Christian Science Monitor)
Israel Objects to Turkish TV Show Oct 16, 2009
Shame on all people of any significance for shutting up and letting this open fascism going on. by earth5661 October 15, 2009 2:43 PM EDT. (CBS News)
LETTER: Looking out for othersis part of reform effort Oct 15, 2009
kimmi89 wrote on Oct 14, 2009 9:02 PM:" I can't disagree, Lefty. My insurance wouldn't pay for a test I had because I wasn't a full time student during the summer (I had the test in September). I think the Health Care system needs to be reformed, but I just don't like socialism very much. The history doesn't help. How many countries exist as socialist nations and not Communist? It's the same as you fearing fascism. ". kimmi89 wrote on Oct 14, 2009 9:10 PM:" Well TQ my "slipshod" intelligence has... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
None Dare Call It Fraud Oct 15, 2009
Liberals=despots and as soon as all Americans understand the tyranny and innate fascism of modern-day liberalism the better off we will be. Unfortunately this is a hard road to navigate because of the liberal sabotage of our educational institutions. (Townhall.com)
Il Duce worked as agent for MI5 Oct 15, 2009
Mussolini ended his life hung upside down in Milan, but history has not been kind to Hoare either, condemned as an appeaser of fascism alongside Neville Chamberlain,'' Dr Martland said. GUARDIAN. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
German Artist Creates Nazi Garden Gnomes Oct 15, 2009
Poses 1,250 Garden Gnomes in Stiff-Armed Nazi Position to Protest Fascism. Font size. (CBS News)
What are the Czechs like? by Zsolt Csalog, Eurozine Oct 14, 2009
The Slovaks, at least they made an effort, they even had fascism for a while, as a result of which they got Kassa back. Of course, soon they were also building socialism, like us, even if they didn't get much out of it neither. (Harper's Magazine)
Bill vs. atheist Richard Dawkins Oct 13, 2009
O'REILLY: No. That's that's fascism ... O'REILLY: Yes, for you to say you cannot, in a public school classroom, a science classroom, talk about brilliant men, and I know brilliant, smarter than you, who do believe in a higher power, who do believe that there was an overseer of the universe, and you insist you can't even mention it, that is fascism, sir ... DAWKINS: What you called fascism was my statement that, if science can't answer something, you should therefore turn Christianity. (Fox News)
Country Stars Appeal To FCC Oct 12, 2009
More fascism from our friends in the GOP.. 00003093. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Dozens arrested during protests Oct 11, 2009
At least 2,000 people attended the protests, by the English Defence League (EDL) and members of Unite Against Fascism (UAF) on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses said "ugly scenes" broke out between rival protestors and police. (BBC News -- UK)
The One Thing Oct 8, 2009
We fought and won against the biggest nation in the world as ragged farmers in the American Revolution; we defeated slavery by fighting each other; we defeated Nazism, fascism and communism. But we can't pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and win this. (Fox News)
RedState Morning Briefing Oct 8, 2009
Here is the list (again in no particular order): A Message to Garcia by Elbert Hubbard Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg Economics in One Lesson by Hazlitt Liberty & Tyranny by Mark Levin The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek The Conservative Mind by Russell Kirk Free to Choose by Milton Friedman Conscience of a Conservative by Barry Goldwater Federalist Papers Democracy in America by Tocqueville Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis God and Man at Yale by W.F. Buckley Witness by Whittaker Chambers The... (Human Events Online)
Superheroes arose from a dark time in American history Oct 7, 2009
And their ethnic background might explain the superheroes immediate opposition to fascism. Superheroes get involved in the war very early on, Saunders says. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Anti-War Movements in the U.S. Oct 7, 2009
World War II proved less of a platform for anti-war activists; the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, coupled with the global effort to halt Fascism and a determination to pull the country out of the Great Depression combined to limit antiwar sentiment. Vietnam, however, was an entirely different ballgame. (Time.com)
Tapping tapas Oct 6, 2009
" McConnell and his team have taken the concept further with their communal tables and lounge. It is important to remember the first wave of tacky Spanish food that subsumed the globe in the late '80s and early '90s. Restaurateurs were pandering to the curiosity about all things Spanish after the 1975 death of fascist dictator General Francisco Franco. During his oppressive reign, Spanish edibles remained hidden behind what some dubbed the "Jamon Curtain". Franco kept a tight lid on all aspects... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Read 'Cost of Freedom' recap Oct 6, 2009
We're slowly slipping into total fascism in this country. You got to be careful. (Fox News)
Sen. candidate likens his campaign to World War II Oct 6, 2009
BY bornnraisedcmr on 10/05/2009 at 17:05Considering the sheer fascism (defined=state control of private actors) of the entire federal government going back well-over 50 years, this is one of Schiff's most apt analogies. Schiff for SenateBY Milton on 10/05/2009 at 19:33What utter tripe. (TheHill.com)
Click to read:Unemployment Figures Cloud Recovery Hopes Oct 4, 2009
No, blame all the neocon suckers who had the corruption to force economic fascism on the American public for the past 41 years. The Bushes are just festering boils on the backside of an entire idea that, even after having failed miserably, is still adhered to by sociopath neocon vampires and their "familiars", one group of which describes your good self. (CBS News)
LETTER: Logistics will doomgovernment-run system Oct 3, 2009
They dissemble when they cannot lie, for example renaming torture "enhanced interrogation." And they confuse when they cannot dissemble, for example, branding the victims of racism as "racists" and calling the people who expose their own fascism "fascists." Leading neocons have made themselves a virtue of lying, claiming that the ignorant masses must be lied to and hoodwinked with simple-minded religion. Republicans lie because they have to. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Serbia eyes fan-group ban after Frenchman dies Oct 2, 2009
"The violence is consequently leading us into Fascism," Tadic said, urging swift measures against the extremists. The hooligans are also believed to be behind the burning of the U.S. embassy in Belgrade in February last year during nationalist protests against the recognition of Kosovo by Western states. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
Barracuda Among the Butterflies Oct 2, 2009
The intellectuals of the Left, who were now hysterical in their denunciations of anti-interventionists as stooges of Hitler and the Mikado, were themselves stooges who would join practically any group which begins by denouncing Fascism or Nazism. On such premises the joiner will soon find himself committed to leadership demanding we quote Miss Dorothy Thompson for President Roosevelt the power and the authority completely to organize the economic and moral strength of the country on a total war... (The American Conservative)
The Death (And Life) of Conservatism Sep 26, 2009
A handful of liberals stupidly describe conservatives as fascists, so Jonah Goldberg responds by writing several hundred pages about the threat of liberal fascism. (Get it. (CBS News)
HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy... Sep 25, 2009
1775 "Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor Liberty to purchase power." Poor Richard 1738 "A people that have forgotten their heritage,are a people who have lost faith in themselves" Sir Winston Churchill who said Such is the lesson of history, for it has only been one generation from those who lived through the great depression and fought to liberate the world from NAZI Fascism, to their child now matured themselves to have lost all sense of moral compass ... " Ahhh the poor widdle Chinese... (The Drudge Report)
LETTER: President's allegianceis to the 'radical left' Sep 25, 2009
" Let's give Barry a pass as he lies and distorts his way to radically changing this country. Mkay? Swell.BUT- for some strange and inexplicable reason "Lefty" refused to specifically admit that Obama has been telling lies about ObamaCare. And in his refusal to make that complete and exacting statement he blows on and on with his personal interpretations of what is and isn't "left leaning" in the Democrat Party, the definition of Obama's moral superiority, democracy, Republican fascism, racism,... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The Obama Haters Sep 24, 2009
The thinkers who investigated the historical, psychological, and sociological roots of right-wing extremism ranged from social psychologists such as Gordon Allport to continental theorists such as Theodor Adorno to best-selling popularizers such as Eric Hoffermany of them unsettled by the trauma of European fascism and its echoes in the McCarthy movement. (In the 1960s, with the rise of conspiratorial thinking in the New Left, many turned their attention to the paranoid style on the left as... (Slate)
Obama at the UN: World loves it, neo-cons hate it Sep 24, 2009
These guys are one step away from complete fascism. mike. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Five Health Care Promises Obama Won't Keep Sep 22, 2009
" The neocons are to blame...The libs are to blame.CAN'T WE STEP BACK AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT? PLEASE? BOTH LIBS AND CONS ARE TO BLAME. Both dems and reps are to blame. I'm tired. by inketolstoy September 21, 2009 2:52 PM EDT Don't get tired, skirt. Now is the chance to change the same old-same old game but it is going to take work. We have to rise above the pay-back mentality and focus on what is important. Now is an opportunity to change our country and the world for the better, but we... (CBS News)
Autopsies miss Lehman lesson Sep 22, 2009
This perverse organizational structure constitutes a new form of American fascism. The pain of allowing Lehman to fail will be dwarfed by the agony of bailing out the rest of Wall Street, which is now a foregone conclusion. (Asia Times Online)
The Most Overrated Films of All Tim... Sep 21, 2009
while in the midst of the rising power of fascism and therefore, are never quite as together as they think ... The problem with telling the story as an allegory about the rise and effects of fascism in Italy leading up to World War Two is that it places symbolism at the forefront, sacrificing things like character and plot for poetic meaning. (Suite101.com)
What's Behind the 'Mad as Hell' Movement? Sep 21, 2009
What's Behind the 'Mad as Hell' Movement. - CBS Sunday Morning - CBS News. (CBS News)
'Bold Move'... Sep 19, 2009
BTW that is called FASCISM. ... ricardo4max says, "the govt operating the internet or telling businesses what they can and can't do. BTW that is called FASCISM.". (The Drudge Report)
House Republican campaign chief: 'Speaker now likening genuine opposition to assassination'... Sep 18, 2009
She wanted the audience to be confused and assume that Republicans or Conservatives were promoting nazi-ism or fascism ... Just how long does Nancy think we're going to tolerate her monumental efforts to convert this country to fascism and socialism. (The Drudge Report)
Obama helps strengthen GENERAL ELECTRIC-Putin ties... Sep 18, 2009
Obama helps strengthen General Electric-Putin ties. By: Examiner Columnist 09/17/09 2:06 PM EDT. (The Drudge Report)
"We need new banks" Sep 18, 2009
Why then did fascism spread in Germany. To a large extent because of the series of financial traumas the country had suffered in quick succession: The hyperinflation of 1922-23 and the deflation that accompanied the global financial crisis of 1929. (Salon)
Jimmy Carter, True Son of the South, Hits Nail on Head Sep 18, 2009
Listening to them you get the sense of what it was like when Hitler fomented nationalist fears and rallied the Germans to fascism ... Listening to them you get the sense of what it was like when Hitler fomented nationalist fears and rallied the Germans to fascism. (Slate)
Five Alternatives to Mark Levin Sep 17, 2009
The situation was even worse in Europe, where fascism and Communism alike endangered free-market economists and so those who could fled to Great Britain and the United States. Britain was Hayek s initial destination, where he taught at the London School of Economics, and in 1938 he became a British subject. (The American Conservative)
Japan's new prime minister announces Cabinet Sep 16, 2009
Rural Citizen wrote on Aug 30, 2009 10:30 AM:" With fascism rising across the globe, this is an extremely dangerous turn of events. We should all look to our history. The Supreme Court is poised to RE Hear a case this September, which is critical in that it will expand the power of corporations to be regulated in the many states and will allow corporations to control even local elections. A truly fascist grab for power sits poised to occur this month. E.J. Dionne wrote about the case in The... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Race Issue Simmers in Joe Wilson Flap Sep 16, 2009
Is this similar to many conservative's TOTAL LACK OF LOGIC that fascism and communism can co-exist ... " So to you, because he is black, he can do no wrong? Your extreme lack of intelligence is showing. People like you who do not realize the real problem, are adding to the problem. 00004000 by maakahill September 15, 2009 12:01 PM EDT by skyk-2009 I too was born and raised in the South. Not all people from the South are racist, the vast majority our not, that goes for blacks and whites.... (CBS News)
